Date: 4/10/25 4:07 am From: Ted Levin <tedlevin1966...> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] Trumpeter Swans in Pittsford?
Trumpeter swans were reintroduced into western Ohio along the shoreline of
Lake Erie. They're nesting in Magee Marsh and the adjacent national
wildlife refuge between Oberlin and Toledo. Perhaps, like sandhill cranes,
they're expanding their range eastward into historic breeding territory.
Time will tell.
On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 4:08 AM Richard Littauer <richard.littauer...>
wrote:
> Both of these swans occur in Vermont, rarely. The eBird maps show that they
> come here: https://ebird.org/species/truswa/US-VT and
> https://ebird.org/species/tunswa/US-VT.
>
> And there have been two Trumpeter Swans seen in the area recently. You're
> lucky to have seen them, too! Good ID.
>
> https://ebird.org/map/truswa?neg=true&<env.minX...>&<env.minY...>&<env.maxX...>&<env.maxY...>&zh=true&gp=false&ev=Z&excludeExX=false&excludeExAll=false&mr=1-12&bmo=1&emo=12&yr=all&byr=1900&eyr=2025 >
> Best,
> Richard
>
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM Marguerite Heckscher <
> <00000e59ff4cc836-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>
> > Yesterday afternoon, I saw two very large, straight-necked swans gliding
> > on a body of water in a valley that often turns into a temporary lake in
> > Pittsford. I got a good look at them through binoculars and, having seen
> > many tundra swans in my lifetime, I think they must have been trumpeters
> > because they were definitely bigger than tundras. Is that possible? Has
> > anyone in this community ever seen trumpeter swans in VT? The map for
> them
> > on Cornell Lab of Ornithology site does not include VT.
> >
> > Marguerite Lenius (a novice birder who is new to VT)
> >
>
>
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